A sign in a Kroger supermarket in Nashville urges shoppers to sign up for a group urging lawmakers to change state law that limits wine sales to liquor stores.

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The Tennessee House of Representatives approved legislation Thursday morning allowing grocery stores to sell wine after taking steps to align the bill with a measure passed earlier this year in the state Senate.

Lawmakers voted 71-15 to pass House Bill 610, a measure that would permit supermarkets, convenience stores and big-box retailers to start selling wine in July 2016, provided voters sign off through local referendums.

The bill also sets a mandatory 20 percent markup on wine and bans the sale of wine on Sundays. The measure also lets liquor stores sell products other than alcohol. ...